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DigitalBattle (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
MCV reports that most of the staff from Vivendi have made their transition to their new Activision Blizzard offices, as activities at Vivendi UK are being stopped. The site notes that the impact of redundancies has not been as much as the company had anticipated. In fact, they quote AB UK managing director Andrew Brown [...]
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MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Chris Forrester, on 04-09-2008 French media and telcoms conglomerate Vivendi is evidently creating some anxieties for the market. One investment bank described its recent performance as...
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QJ.NET (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
The paperwork for the merger is over, and now comes the hard part. Vivendi 's UK office has been reduced to a skeleton crew as majority of its staff will move to Activision 's facility in Stockley Park. Activision Blizzard 's Andrew Brown reports that the layoffs due to redundancies have been kept to a minimum: We re really pleased with what s happened there are some great calibre individuals at Vivendi...
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MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Pascale Paoli Lebailly, on 02-09-2008 French media group Vivendi's net profits dropped by 19.9% to 1.22bn (US$1.77bn) over the first half of 2008. The group's total earnings were also down, by 1.1%...
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MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
French DTH platform *Canalsat* reported 5.2 million subscribers at the end of June, parent company *Vivendi* announced Sept. 1. Canalsat part of Vivendi's *Canal+ Group*, is the largest...
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DealBook (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Vivendi, which reported higher second-quarter profit Monday on increased earnings at the French pay-TV operator Canal Plus, said it was interested in buying out partners in the venture, including Lagardère, the largest French publisher, and several French television channels. Vivendi, based in Paris, said net income in the three months through June rose 12 percent to [...]
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
The French media company said that underlying net profit in the second quarter was little changed as higher earnings were offset by a decline in profitability at its mobile telecom business.
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FT.com (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
The French entertainment group's chief executive said that the commercial success of the Olympics 'could give a new impulse, new dynamism' to the US broadcaster
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Rising income from video games has offset declining music sales at entertainment group Vivendi in the second quarter, allowing it to cancel a rights issue.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Vivendi cheered investors yesterday with a rise in second-quarter profits thanks to strong growth at its videogame and pay-TV businesses, and news that it will not be launching a refinancing to fund a recent spate of deals. But Universal Music, the world's largest music company and part of the Paris-based Vivendi empire, saw revenues decline 5.3% and profits drop 9.2% in the three months to the end...
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http://www.CelebrityVideoTube.com (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Irish Examiner Vivendi cheered investors yesterday with a rise in second-quarter profits thanks to strong growth at its videogame and pay-TV businesses, and news that it will not be launching a refinancing to fund a… Read the full article here
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The Age Blogs (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Video gaming's new publishing behemoth expects one in every four games sold this Christmas in Australia will be an Activision Blizzard product. Activision Blizzard was established on July 16, but yesterday marked the formal completion of the merger of Activision and Vivendi with their product portfolios brought together under the one roof, including the popular Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, Crash Bandicoot,...
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Variety.com (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Music News: Games revenue falls -- French entertainment and telecoms giant Vivendi announced rising first-half revenues Monday, up 10.2% on last year at E11.268 billion ($16.434 billion).
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Variety.com (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
TV News: Games revenue falls -- French entertainment and telecoms giant Vivendi announced rising first-half revenues Monday, up 10.2% on last year at E11.268 billion ($16.434 billion).
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Business Spectator (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Europe's largest entertainment group sees further growth in FY08. 1 Sep 2008 10:03 PM
